Elements of Literature 3: Fiction, Poetry, Drama - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195030710 ISBN 13: 9780195030716

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Elements of Third Canadian Edition provides Canadian students with an unmatched collection of short fiction, poetry, and drama. Designed to help students develop a coherent, contemporary appreciation of literature, the anthology provides a rich array of selections including works by Canadian, British, and American authors, as well as writers of other nationalities. The selection of poetry ranges from Chaucer to contemporary poets, while the drama section offers examples of tragedy and comedy from classical times to the present.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Scholes, Research Professor of Modern Culture and Media; Professor Emeritus of English, Comparative Literature, and Modern Culture and Media; and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities Emeritus, Brown University. Carl H. Klaus, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Iowa.
Nancy R. Comley, Chair and Professor of English, Queens College.

Review

"This text assembles, as in earlier editions, 'the best that has been thought and said in the world' of representative works for introducing young, college initiates into the genres older ones of us have come to breathe and love. I am still happy with what it does for my students: it starts
their hearts to palpitate."--L.P. Sego, Indiana State University

"I like the inclusion of essays as a literary form in addition to the usual selection of plays, poems and short fiction."--Ruth Oleson, Huron University

"An extremely well put together collection--very useful for an intro course."--David L. Frey, Medaille College

"A representative reader which is unencumbered with text book apparatus and suitable for a variety of classes ranging from composition to literature for majors."--Beverly Schneller, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

"An excellent selection of stories and novellas and outlines a critical vocabulary for students to use in their discussions. I like it and so do my students."--Aliki Barnstone, Marquette University

"Robert Scholes's text is clearly better than those that cross my desk. The introductory comments are lucid and touch on historically key concepts of critical understanding in form--a necessity for their introductory course. Then the demonstrations of analysis provide my students with models
for their own analysis. Excellent selections--Boccaccio to Borges, Sophocles to Welles! Typeface is beautiful!"--Royce Wicks, Sierra Heights College

"An exceptional text in every way. The correspondence between the essay, film, and other standardized genres is noteworthy. Should become an industry standard based on the critical approaches alone."--Robert R. Hill, Seminole Junior College

"What I like about this text is its comprehensiveness."--H. Bogdan, St. John's University

"I love this anthology!"--Brenda Serotte, Lehman College

"Appropriate for the senior seminar review of literature....A fine work."--Louie W. Attebery, The College of Idaho

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195030710
• ISBN 13: 9780195030716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1308
• Editor: Scholes Robert, Comley Nancy R., Klaus Carl H.